Method and apparatus for creating a digital dashboard
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1. A method for creating a digital dashboard, said method comprising:
- providing a dashboard palette, at a computer system, in a slide-show presentation application;
providing at least one object for said dashboard palette, at said computer system, said at least one object appearing as a native object of said slide-show presentation, wherein at least one property of said at least one object is linked to a data source;
coupling said at least one object with said dashboard palette, at said computer system, to form a dashboard description, wherein said dashboard description is a complete dashboard design; and
exporting said dashboard description, at said computer system, in an intermediate text file format to a dashboard creator and publisher, wherein said dashboard creator and publisher provides a functional dynamic graphical dashboard in the form of a java server page based on said dashboard description.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus for creating a digital dashboard. One embodiment provides a dashboard palette in an application. In addition, at least one object is provided for the dashboard palette, wherein at least one property of the at least one object is linked to a data source. The at least one object is then coupled with the dashboard palette to form a dashboard description. The dashboard description is then exported to a dashboard creator and publisher, wherein the dashboard creator and publisher provide a functional dashboard based on the dashboard description.
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1. A method for creating a digital dashboard, said method comprising:
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providing a dashboard palette, at a computer system, in a slide-show presentation application; providing at least one object for said dashboard palette, at said computer system, said at least one object appearing as a native object of said slide-show presentation, wherein at least one property of said at least one object is linked to a data source; coupling said at least one object with said dashboard palette, at said computer system, to form a dashboard description, wherein said dashboard description is a complete dashboard design; and exporting said dashboard description, at said computer system, in an intermediate text file format to a dashboard creator and publisher, wherein said dashboard creator and publisher provides a functional dynamic graphical dashboard in the form of a java server page based on said dashboard description. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A web-enabled dashboard creator, coupled to a computer system, comprising:
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a dashboard palette, coupled to said computer system, in a drag-drop environment; at least one drag-drop object, coupled to said computer system, for said dashboard palette, said at least one object appearing as a native object of said drag-drop environment, wherein at least one property of said at least one drag-drop object is linked to a data source; a dashboard object coupler, coupled to said computer system, for coupling said at least one drag-drop object with said dashboard palette to form a dashboard description, wherein said dashboard description is a complete dashboard design; and a dashboard creator, coupled to said computer system, for receiving said dashboard description in an intermediate text file format and providing a functional web-enabled dynamic graphical dashboard in the form of a lava server page based on a received dashboard description. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a method for creating a digital dashboard, said method comprising:
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providing a dashboard palette in an application; providing at least one object for said dashboard palette, said at least one object appearing as a native object of said application, wherein at least one property of said at least one object is linked to a data source; coupling said at least one object with said dashboard palette to form a dashboard description wherein said dashboard description is a complete dashboard design; and exporting said dashboard description in an intermediate text file format to a dashboard creator and publisher, wherein said dashboard creator and publisher provides a functional dynamic graphical dashboard in the form of a lava server page based on said dashboard description. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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